Friday, November 29, 2013

Women have been taking leading roles in their relationships
with men for a long time, despite the patriarchal structure of modern
society. History is full of women leading men in science and engineering,
computer development, medicine, humanitarian expeditions, exploration, and
social activism (just read the Blanche Black recommended reading list). And in fact, even though that history was
obscured and neglected for many years, due to poor character and discipline
among Western Civilization’s rather socially-insulated male scholars, the
collective work of female scholars within the Feminist Movement managed to
recover a large portion of it for us.

Perhaps one of the most potent demonstrations of women’s
abilities as cultural leaders has been the development of the Feminist Movement
over the last two centuries. Beginning in the 1860’s over the issue of women’s
suffrage, the movement eventually began to address a much broader scale of
political and social concerns, all of which were tied together by a common feature:
the persistent censorship and repression of women’s self expression and self
determination. As it turned out, the cultural female gender identity that had
been prescribed for women by their social and professional peers wasn't working
for them; rather, it proved to be consistently ineffective in protecting women against exclusion
from family and group decision-making, domestic violence, sexual assault,
denial of legal recourse, lack of employment opportunities, homelessness, and
other depressing topics of discussion.

The Feminist Movement,
however, was the collaboration of female thinkers, writers, researchers,
academics, intellectuals, and activists who addressed this challenge by
redefining society’s cultural and legal understanding of womanhood, redefining
women’s concept of their gender role in heterosexual relationships, and
changing public policies and laws to protect these developments. These women pioneered the first revision of a
cultural gender identity - in a
patriarchal and nearly global society - and they did so knowing the “heat”
they were going to take for it from insecure men and women. And despite that
clearly foreseeable backlash, they expressed their true gender identity anyway.
We Feminists continue to do so.

So, there has never been any shortage of women out there
leading men.

The reason misogyny and backlash against assertive women is
still so widespread is not for lack of women leaders effectively leading. It is
for lack of men following women’s lead by coming “out of the closet” regarding their own identification with and admiration
for women’s cultural contributions, as well as their desire for a new masculinity
– one that compliments the self
expression of their newly “liberated” female peers instead of attempting to
compete with it.

Men- the intimidation tactics resorted to by those who
cleave to the myth of machismo for fear of change is merely an indication that
it is time for men to follow in the footsteps of their assertive female peers
and have their own gender identity revolution. In many social situations, it is
only the example of socially-evolved men, and their increasing success with pleasing
women, that makes other men begin to question the necessity, or even
usefulness, of using attitudes like egotism and self-centeredness to prove
their “maleness” to others.

It is in public that men really show others what their
perception of masculinity is. Public
behavior, not private life, is what demonstrates whether a man defines his
masculinity as complimentary towards a women’s self expression, or dominating
towards women. Is a man doing and saying whatever he’s doing and saying to
impress other men in the room by attempting to demonstrate a form of power and
control over women? Is he aggrandizing himself
and other men in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others, at the expense of the
women in his company? Or does he use those moments when others are looking on
and listening in to demonstrate a woman’s importance to him, as a man, by making
her needs and interests a priority, even over those of his own?

And a man’s concept of his own masculinity determines how
much room he allocates in his mind for perceiving and considering women. When
it comes to evaluating a man’s potential as a prospective romantic partner,
it’s the details of his public persona that tell a woman how he really thinks
of her and her gender.

Fortunately for women, the overdevelopment of ego in a man
usually shows itself as a subtle yet transparent disregard for others unlike
himself. For example, men who engage me in conversation long enough to notice I
am confident, independent, and most likely Feminist, often try to pass
themselves off as supportive of Feminism and other assertive behavior in women
in order to get a date with me. In the course of a lengthy conversation, they
are quick to deny interest in porn and readily condemn perpetrators of domestic
violence; yet they casually refer to the women in their life with the
diminutive term “girl”. They are “all for” women in leadership, yet they are
quick to criticize female leaders in the public eye and skeptical of women’s
judgment in business and work situations, in contrast to their relatively blind
faith in the men that occupy similar positions. They are not familiar with any
female pioneers in their fields of interest, and in the midst of a speculative
philosophical or scientific statement they blithely refer to the entire human
species as “mankind”.

These are the ‘guys’ whose concept of “submission” to a dominant
woman consists of lying on their back during the sex act.

These are the type of men that keep the dildo industry in
business, simply for purposes of time efficiency.

Women- if you’re dating a guy who opens the door for you,
yet fails to offer to carry the heavy backpack and grocery bags you’re
carrying, you’re dealing with a self-centered guy. If you’re dating a guy who
commonly refers to males over the age of 18 as “men”, yet refers to post-pubescent
females with the same word he uses for pre-pubescent females, you’re dating an
egotistical guy with the creepy inability
to distinguish between age groups when relating to females. Other symptoms
of an overdeveloped ego in a man include: interrupting women in mid-sentence;
walking in front of his date in public; lack of interest in asking a woman
questions about her opinions or livelihood; eating off a woman’s plate in
addition to his own during meals; lack of gastro-intestinal control; and lack
of grooming, research, and other forms of self-exertion in preparation for
dates.

Personally, I’d much rather spend my time with a man who
thinks enough of women and their wants to groom himself, in body and in mind,
to their liking. What turns me on is a man physically disciplined enough to get
his body in beautiful shape in anticipation of pleasing a woman visually, while
also being mentally disciplined enough to choose his words wisely; a man who
refers to adult females as “women”, in acknowledgement that they have
more-than-earned a title that distinguishes them from children; a man who loves
sports enough to know who Babe Didrikson and Jackie Mitchell were; a man who is
well versed enough in the history of social activism to know who Mother Jones
was; a man who would have voted for Victoria Woodhull in 1872 when she ran for
president of the United States; a man who knows about the first group of tested
and trained American astronauts that made up the Mercury 13 space program, and
that they were all women; a man who knows that the inventors of the first
computer software program, as well as the first computer language, were also women-
along with the inventors of Kelvar, windshield wipers, and the Mars Rover; a
man who knows the definition of Feminism and isn’t afraid to use it in front of
other men.

Check out this example of masculinity by Jackson Katz, in
his TED talk “Violence & Silence” .
This is a man who works with men in professional circles, institutions and
industries where machismo and a deep misunderstanding of manhood runs high (athletics,
law enforcement, the military, college campuses); yet he coaches these men to
be affirming and protective of women in order to be effective social leaders
for their male peers. His example of appreciation for female leadership and his
public demonstration of respect for women should be the official standard
for any self-respecting heterosexual man who considers himself a lover of
Womanhood. And among the hoards of men he has mentored and influenced there are
many others who follow his example and mindset by demonstrating love and
appreciation for assertive women in their interactions with other men.

So you can believe there are a lot of men out there
redefining the gold-standard for masculinity with their Pro-Feminist worldview
and attitude. And there are a growing number of women out there who know enough
not to “settle” for any less.

There is a rich history of assertive femininity and female-affirming
men out there that has paved the way, as well as a wealth of human activism all
around us giving birth to the new manhood; both have been actively censored
from academic textbooks and popular media channels by those industries that
stand to lose money from the social changes such a collaboration would bring
about. It takes a socially-evolved man
to follow in the footsteps of his Feminist female counterparts by reclaiming
this stolen heritage, liberating himself from the unsustainable gender identity
of machismo, and redefining his cultural gender role towards women to achieve
meaningful and authentic relationships with them. Indeed, that is the only type
of partner worthy of a “liberated” woman.

Monday, November 11, 2013

I have enjoyed writing this blog tremendously. I want to thank all my readers for participating in the many interesting blog discussions that resulted from these posts. I want to reassure my loyal fans that I continue to write in the form of another blog, which is related to but very different from this one. I also want to explain why I am not writing more blog articles for Blanche Black.

Though Blanche Black is a blog, it is designed to be read like a book of essays that conveys a core philosophy. It was not designed to be the kind of blog that goes on and on about personal thoughts and musings, like a Facebook timeline or a reality TV show series.

It is not meant to be entertainment. It is a cultural manifesto, debunking Western gender identity myths by declaring the existence of female entitlement to power and the existence of male vulnerability to female approval. It demonstrates women’s independence of mind and social development from the cultural and social customs in Western society that misrepresent women. It is also an exercise designed to draw out, and make evident, the extent of people’s ingrained misogyny-both those people being examined in the course of discussion, and those that make up the readership.

The core philosophy, as well as the attitudes used by the writer to express it, draws out and exposes our society’s misogyny by breaking psychological, verbal, and social taboos with mere words and intellectual ideas. It’s really amusing how easy it is, simply by breaking unspoken gender taboos, to work some people up to the point where they “blow a gasket”. This blog breaks such taboos by exhibiting female entitlement to social power coupled with success at it. Women having fun and pleasure, and men making up for lost time by taking responsibility for being the serviceable martyrs. It’s a refreshing switch in social roles between the genders and, though it may seem culturally unpopular compared to the longstanding misogynist practice of patriarchy, the female entitlement-male martyrdom paradigm closely resembles the once prevalent beliefs of multiple ancient civilizations, all with greater longevity and quality of life than that of our own.

Blanche Black also addresses misogyny by demonstrating its presence in common attitudes, deconstructing the social myths behind it, and demonstrating how to thwart its influence on social situations through behavior.

The blog accomplishes its goals by creating a philosophical premise for reversing social gender roles in modern society on the basis of fostering egalitarian familiarity with entitlement between the genders, as well as by demonstrating the need for such a reversal. The virtue and importance of socially fostering entitlement among women is supported by anthropological and social evidence for the superiority of female leadership behavior in societies where it is the norm, as well as in societies where it is the exception. The blog also furthers its goals by fostering a community of support for men’s service and advocacy for the inclusion of women in the experience of entitlement to pleasure.

The social illness of misogyny is a complex phenomenon that perpetuates itself by receding into the unexamined shadows of a society’s cultural rituals. Though society has little tolerance for double standards these days, the attitude of misogyny continues to express itself with virtual impunity by using the excuse of freedom of expression to publicly separate women from men in two of its last bastions: sexual entertainment, and religious practice.

Sexual and erotic ritual is one area of life where misogyny can be indulged in by individuals in our society with virtual impunity simply by passing their sadism off as a personal sexual appetite for male domination and female degradation. In reality, a misogynist’s addiction to the illusion of superiority is fed by such social transactions. This negative attitude towards women is further perpetuated and encouraged when others are introduced to the erotic content or pornography that expresses this misogynist philosophy in encoded form- especially in the absence of any alternative expressions of heterosexuality for similar erotic stimulation, such as FemDom and the like.

And so, Blanche Black was designed to address misogyny in the area of sexual and erotic ritual.

There is a point when what needs to be said is said, and the introduction of certain ideas into the public discourse is done. Ideas are time sensitive, and over the last few years the revival of Feminism in the form of support for female leadership in society and family life has become not only socially acceptable, but even popular, as one can see from abundant international media attention to the virtues of women in positions of power.

Therefore, I consider Blanche Black complete as a work that represents the one sexual “taboo” that is apparently more scandalous than any BDSM practice in the world of kink - heterosexual female entitlement to receive unselfish pleasure from men. It takes a dominant nature in a woman to ask for it, expect it, and refuse to settle for less until she receives the treatment she is worth from a man mature and emotionally secure enough to reliably give it to her. Call that whatever you like- either way, it is possible and, moreover, it leads to many long lasting and happy relationships. A dominant nature in a woman may be taboo, but it is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, when fused with a loving and honest character, it leads to much success in life. My life is just one example.

Friday, August 7, 2009

As if confirmation of an ideological Zeitgeist fell from heaven, a friend recently came across a dating advice article entitled, "6 Ways to Train Your Boyfriend", where the writer interviews Amy Sutherland, author of "What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage: Lessons for People from Animals and Their Trainers". Here are two other women who can attest to the power of psychological awareness and behavior modification for communicating more effectively with your man.

One part worth quoting emphasizes how communicating what you want to a man through specific direction and demonstration gives him a chance to show his true attitude towards you and his potential as a partner:

"The average guy is plenty romantic, but he's not hardwired to plan out the little details. So if you can't remember the last time he put together a romantic night for you both, you'll have to show him the way. Start by staging your apartment with cues that get you going, like candles and a sultry soundtrack. Have your favorite chilled wine on hand so you can ask him to open it before dinner. This creates a ritual in his mind. Eventually, not only will he get a sense of what your romantic needs are, but he'll also start making a game plan of his own."

About Me

Blanche Black

United States

Painter, poet, philosopher... I am used to a bohemian gypsy-like life as a painter moving from place to place. I now work as a librarian by day to support my painting career and exploration of my surroundings the rest of the time.

This is a literature review on the differences between female and male learning styles, and how these differences help contribute to the apparent gender gap in academic achievement in math and the sciences. The integration of female learning styles into math and science classes is suggested as a solution to the social and ethical limitations of masculine-style thinking, which has determined the research goals and applications for science and technology on society and the environment up to this point in time.

Also see my blog "The Instincts of Women are Socially Advanced" where I draw a connection between the feminine style of thinking and women's ability to lead men towards socially equitable behavior practices based on a combination of women's instinctual thinking practices and their gender social conditioning.

The Dynamics Behind Women's Poverty

To understand the link I propose between birth control and women's autonomy, please read...

This paper is a literature review of scholarly research on the problems of women in third-world countries. It demonstrates the relationship between birth control availability and women's opportunities in education, financial self-sufficiency, and policy-making, as well as women's ability to prevent infant mortality using such opportunities.

Also see my other blog article, "Patriarchy Evolved from Lack of Birth Control", to see how I apply these findings to understanding how government and the professional work-place became so male dominated until just 50 years ago, and how women can prevent that from happening again.